Wind-shield.



J 0. HOFBAUER. 'WIND SHIELD.

APPLICATION mum rmmo, 1911.

Patented Feb. 27, 1912 2 SHEETS-SHEET l. I

iwenron ATTORNEYS J. O. HOFBAUER.

WIND SH IELD. APPLICATION FILED FEBJO, 1911.

Patented Feb. 27, 1912.

'2' SKEETSSHEET 2.

INVENTOH WITNESSES 5%? f LAMZMZ.

PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN O. HOFBAUER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

WINLD-SHIELD.

Specification of'Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 27, 1912.

Applibation filed February 10,.1911. Serial No. 607,766.

To all whomit may concern.

Be it known that l,'Jonx O. llorna'tiixli, a citizen of the United States, and a resident' of the city of New York. borough of Manhattan.in the county and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in "ind-Shields. of which the. following is a .t'ull, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to wind shields for automobiles and other vehicles, and has retercnee more particularly to the combination with a vehicle having a front seat and a back seat, of a wind shield mounted adjacent tothe front seat. and movable intoanoperative position relative. to the rear seat, the wind shield l)tlll L" movable into an inoperative position toward the trout seat.

The object of the invention is to provide at simple, strong and durable wind shield for 20.use with motor or other vehicles. which serves to protect the occupants of the rear seat of the vehicle against wind and dnst,

whielncan be folded into compact form ad'- jaeent to the front seat of the, vehic-le, so thatit is out ot the way, and cannot hinder the ii'igrress or egress of the passengers, which can be arranged in a plurality of adjust-- ments, which can be easily and quickly manipulated, and which does not detract from the appearance ol the vehicle.

The invention consist in the construction and combinarionol' parts to be more fnlly described hereinafter and particularly set forth in the claims. Y

Reterent-e is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of thisepeeification, i which sin'iilar characters of reference in icate corresponding parts in all the views, an in which Figure 1 is a side elevation ot an automobile havi 1g an embodiment of my invention applied hereto; Fig. 2 is a plan view of the. body o s an automobile, showing the windshield i I: operative position; Fig. 3 is a plan view 0 tin rear no'rtion of the front. seat of the, vehicle, shoving the wind shield folded against the seat, in an inoperative, position; Fig. l is an enlarged, lragnnmtary, perspective view, showing certain of the. details of eoir rtruetion of the wind shield; and Fig.- 5 is an enlarged, fragmentary section, showing certain ,of the details of construction.

i l'ore prm'eeding to a more detailedexplauatio-n ol' mv invention, it. should he riearlv understood, that the wind shield is particularly designed foruse at the back seat ot the tonneau or bd'dy of an auton1obile.'or lilv'e vehicle. 'ind shields for the tront seats of automobiles are commonlv employed today, but these wind shields attord praetically no protection to the occi'ipants of the rear seats, as the wind is deflected over. and passes beyond the trout wind' shields, and blows directly against the occupants of the rear seats. My 'wind shield. however. is so constructed that. it can be positioned directly in front of the occupants of the rear seats of an auttnnohile andthusserves to protect them ettectively. against wind. dust.- rain and the like.

tlll'tlll't of the details ot' construction, shown tor example. herewith, form no part of the ilQ'tlltiUll. and can be varied in aecort'lance with*indii'idual pi'et'erenee and special conditions, without deviating from the essence ot', the invention as defined in the appended laims.

Referring" more particularly to the drawings, .l have shown for example, herewith,

which is located the rear seat 12, behind-the front seat 1 3, in the usual manner. At the 'rear of the front seat, near the ends thereof.

are mounted L-shaped brackets H, secured in place by means of screws 15. or in any other suitable manner. Each bracket has at the end. a substantially verti :al sleeve 16, in which is pivotally mounted the downwardly disposed end 17 of asupporting'rod 18.

freely, in horizontal planes, into position against: the baclv" of the front. seat, but extending out\\-'a rdl ithere'lron'i, toward therear seat. t pou each of the supports or rods is adjustably mounted a slide 21., comprising a sleeve 22 ha ving a set-screw 23, by means ol which it. can 'be clamped securely upon the rod at any point thereof. At the end of each rod is a screw or stud 24, constitutinga stop to prevent the slide trom being displaced. lrom the rodj Rigid with eachslce-ve 22 a laterally extended arin 25 having at the end a vertically disposed, tubular extension 26. A su 'iporting arm or bar 27 is associated with each slide. having at the lower end an outwardly disposed part 28 provided with teeth or serrations 29,

extension 26, and has at- ,the upper, end a an automobile 10, having a. body 11 in The end .17 has a retaining flange ori collar 19. and at the extremity, a stunningnut 20. 'lhe.supporting rods can swing A. rod 01' pin 30 is located in each tubular part 31 provided with teeth or serrations 32 corresponding to those of thearms 27. A holding screw 33 is; received in threaded openings of the part 31, and theend 28 of the arm, and; has a head 34 constituting a grip, by. means of which it can-be Inanipulated. i

Between the arms 27 is secured in any suit-able manner, a frame 35 having glass or other transparent material 36 therein, and constituting the main shield of the device. When the arts are extended, the main shield is posltioned directly in front of, and preferably centrally disposed with respect to the rear seat, as is shown most clearly in Fig. 2. -At each side of the main shield are posit-io'hed auxiliary or lateral shields consisting of suitable frames 37 having glass or other transparent material 38 mounted therein. The frames of the auxiliary o shields are secured to the .frame of the main shield, by means of hinges 39. These con sist of hinge members 40 and 41 having an rated engaging surfaces, and pivotally connected bymeans of a bolt 42. A spring 43 tends'to' hold together the members of each hinge. These hlnges permit the auxiliary shields to be positioned in any desired angular relation with respect to the "main shield and to-be held in such posit-ions.

When the-wind shield is in an operative position, the main shield is positioned in front of the rear seat, and the auxiliary or lateral shields are-disposed at the sides, as

' desired. hen the wind shield is-not re the back of the front seat. The auxiliary shields are then folded inwardly against the main shield. The entire device thus requires very little room when not in use.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. In combination a pair of relatively movable rods, a fixed, pivotal supportior each of said rods, sleeves slidably mounted upon said rods and movable longitudinally thereof, a wind shield, and means for piv otally and adjustably mounting said wind shield upon said sleeves, the distance between said fixed supports exceeding the length of said wind shield.

, 2. ln combination, a pair of independently and relatively movable rods, a fixed pivot support for each of said rods, whereby the'same can. swing in a horizontal plane, a

sleeve slidably mounted upon each of said rods, and movable longitudinally thereof, each of said rods having at the free end a stop to limit the movement of its sleeve, each of said sleeves having a vertical pivot, an arm adjustably carried by each of said vertical pivots, a wind shield secured hetwcen said arms, and an auxiliary wind shield mounted adjacentto each end of said first wind shield and foldable against the same, the distance between said fixed, pivot supports exceeding the normal distance between said sleeves In testimony whereot i. have signed any name to this specification in the presence 0'? two subscribing witnesses,

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